{"id":25146,"date":"2026-06-17T10:12:57","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T15:12:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/?p=25146"},"modified":"2026-06-17T10:12:57","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T15:12:57","slug":"baylor-again-recognized-among-nations-top-2-for-its-well-rounded-curriculum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/2026\/06\/baylor-again-recognized-among-nations-top-2-for-its-well-rounded-curriculum\/","title":{"rendered":"Baylor again recognized among nation\u2019s top 2% for its well-rounded curriculum"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Baylor is annually recognized among the nation’s best universities for undergraduate teaching<\/a> and learning communities<\/a> — ranking No. 27 and No. 9, respectively, in U.S. News<\/em>‘ latest survey of higher ed.<\/p>\n

One key component of Baylor’s success is the well-rounded education students receive — which, once again, has been recognized among the best offerings in the country. This spring, Baylor was one of just 19 universities in the United States to get an “A” for its core curriculum<\/a> from the American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA), putting Baylor among the top 2% nationally.<\/p>\n

Each year, ACTA gives letter grades to every major public and private college and university in the U.S. — more than 1,100 in all — but just 19 received an “A” for requiring six core subjects (composition, literature, intermediate-level foreign language, U.S. government or history, mathematics, and natural science). Baylor stands out as one of only 13 private universities to earn top honors.<\/p>\n

Sic \u2019em, Baylor educators!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Baylor is annually recognized among the nation’s best universities for undergraduate teaching and learning communities — ranking No. 27 and No. 9, respectively, in U.S. News‘ latest survey of higher ed. One key component of Baylor’s success is the well-rounded education students receive — which, once again, has been recognized among the best offerings in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,9,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25146","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-academics","category-honors","category-student-life"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25146","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25146"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25146\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25146"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25146"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25146"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}